James Oliver: 203 books

A glass of wine once lost a kingdom, a nail turned the tide of a mighty battle, and a woman's smile once upon a time destroyed the homes of a million people. Thus have trivial things played their potent parts in the history of human lives; yet these things Peter did not know.

A tale of a great fight in the "valley of gold" for a woman.

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A tale of love and romance, plus adventure and thrills in the wilderness.  A very captivating tale of adventure and romance, not to be missed.

The Golden Snare is a tale of high adventure in the Canadian wilderness in the early 1900s. When Sergeant Phillip Raine of the Northwest Mounted Police finds the golden snare he embarks on a dangerous journey to discover its origins with surprising results. From dog sled, to snow shoes, across barrens...

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The tale of a "quarter-strain wolf and three-quarters husky" torn between the call of the human and his wild mate.

Curwood tells the tale of a bear family, and other denizens of the forest.  Along side that, he tells of dogs, and the people who own the dogs, and their romantic enttanglements, and how the dogs and the denizens each interact with the whole.  Quite a thrilling, hard-to-put-down tale of adventure and romance.

A fascinating exposé of office culture, in the style of the bestselling Affluenza, from popular psychologist Oliver James The modern working world is a dangerous place, where game-playing, duplicity and sheer malevolence are rife. Do talent and hard work count for nothing? Is politics everything? In...

As a mother, are you comfortable in your skin? Want to know how best to be a stay-at-home or working mum? Babies have very simple needs, yet many parents are overwhelmed with elaborate advice on how to meet them. In How Not to F*** Them Up, leading child psychologist Oliver James argues that...

Happiness is a loaded term that means different things to different people. To some, it might mean life satisfaction, to others, a fleeting moment of joy. Rather than seeking to be happy, Oliver James encourages us to cultivate our emotional health. Outlining the five elements of good emotional health...

Contents The Ephemera: An Emblem Of Human Life  Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). The Whistle Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Dialogue Between Franklin And The Gout Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790). Consolation For The Old Bachelor Francis Hopkinson (1737-1791). John Bull Washington Irving (1783-1859)....

From Mark Twain to O. Henry, from Saki to Washington Irving—The Classic Humor Megapack reels in no less than 45 classic short stories and poems sure to amuse. Read and laugh! Included are: THE STRIKE OF ONE, by Elliott Flower THE CELEBRATED JUMPING FROG OF CALAVERAS COUNTY, by Mark Twain A DOUBLE-DYED...